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For those who might have missed the news, former Dallas Area Rapid Transit board chair Lynn Flint Shaw -- you know who she is, right? -- turned herself in to authorities this morning. Shaw's being investigated for allegedly forging Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins' signature and letterhead to dodge a debt, and she arrived at the Dallas County Jail before 8 a.m. for a photo session that resulted in this new Valentine's Day mugshot, shipped to Unfair Park courtesy the Dallas County Sheriff's Department. --Robert Wilonsky
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